Kerri Durnell Schuiling, PhD, NP-BC, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, earned her master’s degree in advanced maternity nursing from Wayne State University and a PhD in nursing and graduate certificate in women’s studies from the University of Michigan. She received her nurse practitioner education from Planned Parenthood Association of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and her nurse-midwifery education from Frontier Nursing University. She is dually certified as a women’s health care nurse practitioner and nurse-midwife, and has been an advanced practice registered nurse and educator for more than 35 years. She has presented numerous times to national and international audiences on topics that focus on women’s health, and twice was invited to provide formal presentations to maternal child health committees of the Institute of Medicine. As a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Clinical Practice Committee, Kerri assisted in the development of ACNM clinical bulletins related to abnormal uterine bleeding and has been an item writer for the National Certification Examination for women’s health care nurse practitioners. Kerri has authored several articles and book chapters that focus on women’s health. She has received numerous awards for her work including a Clinical Merit Award from the University of Michigan for outstanding clinical practice; the Kitty Ernst award from the ACNM in recognition of innovative, creative endeavors in midwifery and women’s health care; the Esteemed Women of Michigan award from the Burnstein Clinic for her significant contributions to women’s health; and, most recently, the inaugural Distinguished Service to Society Award from Frontier Nursing University. She is a Fellow of the ACNM and the American Academy of Nursing. Currently she is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Northern Michigan University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Childbirth, the official journal of the International Confederation of Midwives.

Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP-BC, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University and her doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her nurse-midwifery and women’s health care nurse practitioner education from Frontier Nursing University, and she earned a certificate in medical writing and editing from the University of Chicago. Francie is a women’s health care nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, and certified nurse-midwife, and she has been an advanced practice registered nurse for more than 20 years. Her clinical experience includes family practice in community health and urgent care centers, performing sexual assault examinations, and midwifery practice in a freestanding birth center and a large obstetrics and gynecology group practice. Francie has authored numerous journal articles, systematic reviews, and book chapters related to women’s health, and she frequently gives presentations at national meetings and invited lectures. Her awards and honors include the Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence at Frontier Nursing University; selection as a Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Top 100 Leader, one of 100 distinguished alumni and faculty honored in commemoration of the School’s Centennial; the Kitty Ernst Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM); the Vanderbilt University Alumni Award for Excellence in Nursing; and induction as a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the American Academy of Nursing. Currently she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, the official journal of the ACNM, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University.